Thred Up

You all know that I am a huge fan of thrift stores and shop them often, especially for children's items. I just don't see the use of spending a ton of $$$ on an item of clothing that my children will get a few months use out of. Plus I fell like I'm doing my little bit to help the planet.

Earlier this year I joined a website called Thred Up, a place where Mom's from all over the country could "swap" out their children's outgrown clothing that still had a lot of life in them.
They send you Priority Mail Medium Flat rate boxes and then you fill it up. On the site you list a description of everything that is in the box and their sizes and that's how you choose which box you like, there is just one drawback - no place for pictures. So, every so often I am going to be posting pictures of my Thred Up Box's on the blog.

Go check it out here!

BOX # 193739
24 months

BOX # 193732
24 months

BOX # 193814
18 months

Mini Mustache

Have you seen these cute little mustache pacifier's ? I decided that my new "nephew from another brother" Ian needed to have some, but I didn't like that most that I saw where made from felt and glued onto the paci. How are you going to sanitize that?! Plus I wanted him to have some "options", so here it is. The interchangable "mini mustache" paci. Can't wait to see it on Ian!

What do you think? Should I put them in the shop?

Mary Poppins purse's

Who didn't love Mary Poppins fantastic carpet bag?! It was so magical and could fit anything inside. If she carried a purse, I bet it would be something like these! And although you cant fit a hat stand inside, it does have some pretty great transformations.

It's reversible, has piping details and pleats. It's large enough to carry a-lot of treasures (great diaper bag size), and the shoulder strap can be worn or tied in numerous ways. You could even use your favorite scarf or vintage cool belt.

upholstery weight fabrics

This side is made from pendelton wool that I won in the make it with wool contest in High School.

While this side is from some amazing vintage fabric I found stashed at my grandmother's.

I think Ill call these my Mary Poppins Hobo Purse, with Mary Poppins totes and clutches to come.

Frankly Scarlett, you look adorable!

While going through the stash of my grandmother's trimming I found this great green velvet ribbon, which is now a beautiful headband. Scarlett O'Hara would want this to go with that dress of hers for sure!

T-shirt Re-do

I don't know about you, but I'm a bit of a craft stasher. I stash away things that I think I could possibly re-use or remake somehow. One of the piles that keep getting larger is my t-shirt stash.
One's we don't wear, ones that don't fit anymore ( sadly) and ones that I like the color but not the shape. You get the point.
Well this week I decided to use some. I saw this great scarf from Germany and thought " I need to make that!" Then I tried to make a little different style along the same idea. I love them! They are so light and fun to wear.

Great color but was a horrible shape. Super soft cotton too.

Loved this Army Green.

This is the Germany knockoff. Made with this really great t-shirt cotton that I bought years ago at the Los Angeles Fashion Institute thrift store. If you live in LA and haven't gone, you should. You can great some great fabric for really cheap sometimes.

Im loving any braided right now too. Don't ask me why. Well see what else comes up braided.

New Barbie Rugs

Due to the popularity of the Barbie Zebra Rug I have added a few more to the shop.

reversible fringed rug

All rugs were made using salvaged upholstery fabric samples.

Mommy and Me

New Jewelry set's for Mommy and Baby!!

Tie one on

I just added these little tie onsie's to the shop. They are made with vintage men's tie's and cotton Gerber short sleeve onsies.

I know your saying , " But, Ive seen this before!"

But what makes these different and special is that not only do they have authentic recycled Tie's but only the top is appliqued leaving the bottom of the tie loose and cool!

Birds & Babies

There's just something about birds. I love them, especially as part of baby motifs. A couple of years ago, I made some great bird/branch mobiles using a pattern from spool sewing for some friends that were expecting their first little bundle's of joy. They turned out really well and everyone loved them. Making the mobile balance though was a "pain in the kiester"!
This year I decided to do my own spin on it . I started making this one for a friend to take to a baby shower, but decided half way through that I loved it so much I needed to give it to my sister instead. She's expecting her first girl! Don't worry about my friend though. I didn't leave her hangin. I sent her with some great red sweater booties.
I wrapped and wrapped and wrapped with yarn and then used the "bowdabra" my mom gave me for christmas for the bows ( If you dont know what a "bowdabra" is, look it up. It's pretty hillarious. And of course, useful mom, I love it.)
I'm sending it to my sister as a surprise!! Don't worry though about her finding out by reading this blog. I'm the only person who actually reads this thing, unless I post a link on facebook! (Prove me wrong, and leave a comment and the end of this post and Ill send you a surprise!)

This is not one that I made, but the original idea from spool.

Despicable Me

My son is addicted to Movies!! He loves to watch them and act them out, and he is always the bad guy. So, it will come as no surprise that he loves the movie Despicable Me, since both the main characters are super villains!

The whole 2 weeks of Christmas break both kids and myself got the flu and had quite a few movie days. Since then I have lost track of how many times I have watched this movie.

So, today when Ben wanted to watch it once again I decided he needed to have his own minion. I used fabric scraps I had on hand and by the end of the movie he had a prop to use for the next viewing.